He often played in small theaters after working a 10hour day on television series. At one point, Fabares acknowledged Reed's son and daughter in the audience, thanking them for sharing their mother with her and Petersen, whom she said latched on to [Reed] as if she were their own.. He fought a gallant fight against early cancer and died in 1978. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Carl Betz I found on Findagrave.com. Your IP: Carl Betz was a Pisces and was born in the G.I. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. He is a member of famous Actor with the age 57 years old group. Paul Petersen - IMDb Carl Betz (Carl Lawrence Betz) was born on 9 March, 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, is an Actor. Once more details are available, we will update this section. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. You probably know him best for his role as Dr. Alex Stone on The Donna Reed Show. Brink's: The Great Robbery. At the time of his death he survived by his large extended friends and family. He was well-known for playing the role of Dr. Alex Stone, who was the television husband of Donna Reed in the ABC sitcom titled 'The Donna Reed Show,' which aired between 1958-1966. Carl Betz: Movies, TV, and Bio - amazon.com Carolina Knapp. Try again later. He scored his biggest role up until that time in the daytime soap operaLove of Life,spending 18 months as Collie Jordan. In recent years, he appeared in gueststar shots on such television shows as Starsky and Hutch. Recently, he toured the East with a oneman play about General Douglas MacArthur, I Shall Return. His last stage appearance was another oneman show, In My Time, an anthology of 20thcentury prose and poetry. On November 29, 1977, Betz entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. CARL BETZ, 56, DIES; ACTOR ON STAGE, TV - The New York Times